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Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this <i>Handbook</i> surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). - Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP - Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars - Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English - Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography
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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Brian Paltridge
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- 2014
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- Title
- The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Brian Paltridge
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 592
- ISBN10
- 1118941551
- ISBN13
- 9781118941553
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, USA, Technology, Education & School System, Linguistics, Ethnography, Writing, Research, Reading
- Description
- Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this <i>Handbook</i> surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). - Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP - Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars - Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English - Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography